Culinary utensil.



G. J. EDINGERL GULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION rum) NOV. 17, 1908.

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GATHARINE J. EDINGER, OF ST. PETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-FOURTH TO LILIAN SHANE AND ONE-FOURTH TO LULA SHANE, OF LEECHBURG,PENNSYLVANIA.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed November 17, 1908. Serial No. 463,103.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OATHARINE J. EB-

NeEn, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at St. Petersburg, 1nthe county of Clarion and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Culinary Utensils, of which the following is aspecification. -This invention relates to an improved culinary utensildesigned for use as a combination implement for several purposes, suchas a bread or cake lifter or turner, a pan lifter, or a pielate lifter,whereby cakes, biscuits or the ike may be turned in or removed from apan or griddle, or a hot pan or vessel or a pie plate removed from thestove or oven, etc. without liability of burning the hands of the cookor person performing the culinary operation.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, effective andinexpensive construction of device for these several purposes.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top planview of a culinary vessel embodying my invention, with the retainingring in position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawing, my improved culinary utensil comprises asuitable handle 1, from the forward end of which projects a shank 2having a downwardly and forwardly extending portion 3 and a forwardlyprojecting free end portion l, the latter being arranged in a planeparallel with the handle and body of the shank. Secured to the )ortion 4at its rear end is a lifting plate or b ade 5, made of sheet metal,which is thus disposed in a plane below and parallel with the shank foreffective use. It will be understood that the device as thus constructedmay be employed as a cake or biscuit turner or blade for separating piesfrom pans, and for performing other analogous culinary operations.

The shank 2 is provided with a pair of upwardly extending spaced ears 6,which are perforated to form bearings for the laterally bent journals orfree ends of a pair of pan engaging members 7, said members extendingforwardly in parallel relation beyond the front end of the body portionof the shank and having their forward ends bent upwardly at an angle andterminating in downturned hooks 8 arranged above the rear end of theblade or plate 5, such hooks being adapted to engage the rim edge of thewall of a pan supported upon the plate,whereby the pan maybe securelyheld while it is being lifted or being applied to or removed from astove or oven. The shank is formed in advance of the ears with athreaded opening to receive the screw shank of an adjusting and clampingscrew 9, said screw having a head 10 formed in its sides with an annulargroove or recess receiving the adjacent portions of the engaging members7, by which the latter are connected therewith. By means of this screwthe said engaging members may be adjusted vertically to dispose theirhooks 8 at a greater or less elevation relative to the blade or plate 5to engage the edges of vessels which vary in depth, the engaging membersswinging on their pivotal supports. The inclusion of these engagingmembers 7 adapts the device for engaging and lifting pots or pans whichcannot be securely held upon the blade alone, as will be readilyunderstood.

In order to adapt the device for engaging and holding shallow pans, orplates, such as pie plates, for the purpose of lifting and hanling hotplates of this character, a split retaining ring or band 11 is employedand which is disposed above the blade or plate 5. The ends of this ringor band extend rearwardly on opposite sides of and beyond the portion 3of the shank and are perforated for the reception of screws 12 mountedon the handle, and to which are applied thumb nuts 13, by which the endsof the rim may be seourely clamped to the handle. When the device isemployed as a cake turner or lifter for comparatively deep vessels, theretaining band or ring is removed in an obvious manner, although theband need not be removed if the vessel is of suflieiently small diameterto fit Within the ring. When the device is to be employed for handlingpie plates and other shallow utensils of like character, the band isfitted in position and incloses the plate, thus preventing it fromshifting out of engagement with the blade or plate 5 while being liftedor transported. 7

From the foregoing description, the construction and mode of use of'myimproved culinary utensil will be readily understood, and it Will beseen that it rovides a device for the purposes stated w ich is simple ofconstruction, eflicient in use and may be manufactured and sold at acomparatively low cost.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is l.A device of the character described, comprising a handle, a bladecarried by the handle, engaging hooks pivotally mounted upon the handleand having their engaging ortions overhanging the rear end of the blade,and an adjusting screw mounted on the handle and engaging said hooks foradjusting and securing the same in adjusted position.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a handle having ashank provided with a downwardly and forwardly projecting portion, ablade carried by said downwardly and forwardly projecting portion,engaging hooks pivotally mounted at their rear ends upon the body of theshank and having hooked ends overhanging the rear end of the blade, andan adjusting screw upon the shank engaging said engaging'hooks foradjusting and securing the same in adjusted position.

b. A device of the character described, comprising a handle having ashank provided with a downwardly and forwardly extending portion, ablade carried by said downwardly and forwardly extending portion, hookedengaging members pivotally mounted upon the shank, and an adj u'stingscrew mounted upon the shank and having an annular recess receiving saidengaging members, whereby the latter are adapted to be adjusted andsecured in adjusted position by said screw.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a handle, a liftingblade carried thereby, adjustably mounted engaging hooks supported bythe handle and projecting over the rear portion of the blade, and anengaging ring or band overlying the blade and de tachably connected tothe handle.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a handle, a shankextending therefrom, a lifting blade carried by the shank, adjustablymounted engaging hooks carried by the shank, and an engaging ring orband overlying the blade and detachably connected to the handle.

6. A device of the character described comprising a handle having adownwardly and forwardly bent portion, a lifting blade below the handle,engaging hooks pivotally mounted upon the handle above the rear end ofthe blade, means for adjusting and securing said hooks in adjustedposition, and an engaging ring or band overlying the blade anddetachably connected with the handle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CATHARINE J. EDINGER.

Witnesses VERDA EDINGER, h/IILLIE BUCK.

